wrangle

英 [ˈræŋɡl]

美 [ˈræŋɡl]

n.  (长时间的)争论，争吵
v.  (通常为长时间地)争吵，争辩

复数：wrangles　现在分词：wrangling　过去式：wrangled　过去分词：wrangled　第三人称单数：wrangles　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19216 / COCA.20853

牛津词典

noun

• （长时间的）争论，争吵
  an argument that is complicated and continues over a long period of time
  1. a legal wrangle between the company and their suppliers
     这家公司与各供货商之间长期的法律纠纷

verb

• （通常为长时间地）争吵，争辩
  to argue angrily and usually for a long time about sth
  1. They're still wrangling over the financial details.
     他们仍在为财务细节争吵。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP (长时间)吵架，争吵，争论
  If you say that someoneis wrangling withsomeoneovera question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it.
  1. The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems...
     双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。
  2. A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections.
     一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。
  3. Wrangleis also a noun.
     
  4. The party was torn apart by wrangles over fiscal policy...
     该党内部因为在财政政策上争执不休而出现了分裂。
  5. He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary.
     他卷入了与卫生大臣的法律纠纷之中。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  Synonym:hagglehagglingwrangling
• an angry dispute
  1. they had a quarrel
  2. they had words
  Synonym:quarrelrowwordsrun-industup

verb

• to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  1. The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street
  Synonym:brawl
• herd and care for
  1. wrangle horses

双语例句

• The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.
  这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。
• The wrangle over his ownership rights continues with West Ham claiming they own Tevez's registration, while Joorabchian's Media Sports Investment group say they own the economic rights of the player.
  这个争吵从头到尾是关于特维兹的所有权，西汉姆联断言他们拥有特维兹的登记注册书，然而Joorabchian的媒体体育投资集团说他们拥有特维兹的经济权。
• Men will wrangle for religion; write for it 'fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
  人们会为宗教而争辩、写作、斗争、甚至于死；总之除了为宗教而生存外，什么事情都干得出来。
• He was reluctant to plunge into the bitter partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种激烈的党争。
• Somehow, Mulberry managed to wrangle that color and put it on a handbag, and for that, I salute them.
  不知何故，桑树管理的缠斗，颜色，放在一个手提包，又为这一点，卖包包网站我向他们致敬。
• To try and wrangle all these guys by yourself.
  想自己把这些家伙全搞定？
• I am neither come to wrangle nor be reconciled; but I wish just to learn whether, after this evening's events, you intend to continue your intimacy with
  我不是来争论的，也不是来求和的。可是我只想知道，经过了今晚的事情，你是否还打算继续你那亲密的关系跟那
• Bargain or wrangle ( over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
  讨价还价或争论（就价格、协议条款等）。
• He was reluctant to plunge into a bitter personal and partisan wrangle.
  他不愿卷入这种个人之间的和党派的激烈争论。
• Perhaps more importantly, however, it is now also caught in a wrangle over oil between longstanding ally Sudan and the year-old South Sudan that threatens its economic and diplomatic relations with both.
  不过，更重要的一点可能是，中国如今还卷入了长期盟友苏丹与成立仅1年的南苏丹之间的石油争端，这对中国与这两个国家的经贸和外交关系都构成威胁。